Comments on: Nintendo to release 3DS by March 2011, to provide 3D gaming without glasses [Update]http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/
VG247.comTue, 29 Jul 2014 08:36:38 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3By: Blerkhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-161097
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:43:14 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-161097That’s still not clear to me either. Most sites seem to be claiming that it’s a true successor, but as far as I can tell there’s no proof of that yet. I hope it is a whole new machine finally – N64-generation graphics are not going to be improved by 3Diness.
]]>By: Gekidamihttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-161096
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:42:24 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-161096They say it’s going to “succeed” the DS so i’d say its a brand new device. I doubt games for it will be playable on older DS’.
]]>By: Michael O’Connorhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-161093
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:40:00 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-161093I still don’t get something.

Is this an incremental update, or an entirely new handheld?

]]>By: SplatteredHousehttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160885
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:22:58 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160885“Nintendo just sent through…”
OK, now I’ll believe this weirdness. I’d have labeled what I saw before as evidence the most hokey press release yet seen (initially on some guy’s twitter), but you say it’s legit, so fair enough. 🙂

I’m definitely intrigued to see what will come of this, particularly after seeing the example clip of the game on DSI. Wouldn’t mind seeing a new sidescroller Metroid with 3D tech behind it, or a top-down traditional Zelda! Since I don’t yet have a DS, but wouldn’t mind owning one, perhaps this will present my time to go portable.

]]>By: Patrick Garratthttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160850
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:19:17 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160850It’s got to be dual touch, innit. Dual touch and rumble feedback. I hope.
]]>By: JPickfordhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160846
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:05:30 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160846Hard to see how the no-gap thing will work as it’s DSi compatible which means a camera in the gap.
]]>By: Blerkhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160841
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:58:06 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160841I’m kind of thinking they’ll go for dual touch-screens this time around. Especially if the whole ‘no gap’ thing turns out to be true so it’s more practical to hold it horizontally.
]]>By: Gekidamihttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160832
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:48:39 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160832Yes indeed, forgot that part. So i’m guessing it’ll be:
Bottom screen= Touch screen.
Top screen: 3D screen.
]]>By: Blerkhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160826
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:42:12 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160826If it’s backwards compatible with the DS then surely two-screens and at least one touch-screen are automatically confirmed? Given that they say DSi rather than DS that means it’ll have the cameras too.
]]>By: Gekidamihttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160824
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:40:18 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160824It’ll be interesting to see if it still has 2 screens (3DS could mean ‘3 Dimensional Screen’, no dual). And if it’ll still feature a touch screen seeing as having something over the screen like a stylus or your fingers would ruin the 3D effect.
]]>By: Blerkhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160822
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:39:00 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160822I hope so, because some of the leaked stuff from the previous weeks actually sounded quite interesting. It’d be a bit rubbish if it all turned out to be made up.
]]>By: Hero of Cantonhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160820
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:34:27 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160820Note it says it’s going to ‘succeed the DS series’. So it’s the DS to the DS’s GBA, if you see what I mean.
]]>By: rainerhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160814
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:25:15 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160814Cool, 3D screens without glasses are possible but there are limits on the angle at which it works – move out of the 3D cone and you lose the effect so its not ideal for regular displays where people might be watching from various angle’s.

The DS being small and handled neatly sidesteps the problem if they are using the same tech that was shown at the last CES.

EDIT: Actually this is a game currently available for the DSi – sorry folks. Still impressive though…

]]>By: Blerkhttp://www.vg247.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-to-release-3ds-by-march-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-160810
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:04:37 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=86665#comment-160810Is it just a DS with extra 3Diness, then? Or is it actually a whole new machine?

I’ll retract my initial knee-jerk ‘rubbish’ claim until I know the answer to that question. If it’s just yet another DS then uber-meh!